Defense

As seasons signal the waning months of 2026, the U.S. Army’s operational map continues to evolve. New commands and force restructuring have put greater emphasis on the Western Hemisphere and Indo-Pacific, while the ongoing conflict with Iran and Ukraine’s fight against Russia have complicated the force posture in U.S. Central Command’s area of operations and what might have been a troop…

The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. The officials said leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. The officials, who spoke…

Nearly 250 years after 30-year-old Tadeusz Kościuszko established himself as one of the Continental Army’s most brilliant — and much-needed — combat engineers, West Point and three members of Poland’s Foundation for the Virtualization of National Cultural Heritage teamed up to ensure Kościuszko’s legacy endures. The three-man team traveled from Kościuszko’s native Poland to use 3D…

Muted American flag patches on the right shoulders of camouflage-clad men and women in the jungle are one sign of an expanding partnership between the U.S. and Panama. American optometrists in the country’s Darién Province are another. U.S. military salvage and dive teams training near the Panama Canal offer a third. As Washington shifts its attention toward the Western Hemisphere, a…